Traveler for kite strings



April 18, 1933. ug 1,904,938

TRAVELER FOR KITE STRINGS Filed May 25, 1952 lo Inventor,

Herbert Daniel Aue,

By iwpz 71/ fl/Q/L Attorney.

Patented Apr. 18,

UNITED, STATES V HERBERT DANIEL .AUE, or BLOOMEIELID, NEW mnsmr TRAVELER FOR Application filed Kay 23,

The purpose of this inventionis to provide a saddle by which a parachute may be sent along a kite string to a point near the kite and launched with an attached weight or figure. The object is to provide a device for this purpose of inexpensive. construction.

In the accompanying" sheet of drawing which forms a part ofthis description,

Figure 1 is a perspective of the traveler,

' 9 parachute and attached figure as arranged e opened and line 12 on the plan of the sheet, andis re-..

versely. folded partially or bent or curved where indicated bythe dotted line 13. Transverse and inclined partial folds, bends or creases radiate from the junction point of the reversed longitudinal folds and are indicated by the dotted lines 14. All of the dotted lines indicate bends or folds in the same direction.

Folded in this manner the sheetis formed into a saddle and sails as shown, suitable to rest on a kite string and to be propelled by the wind- Thesharp fold provides a ridge over which a folded parachute sail 15 lies. A forked figure 16, which may be suitably carved from a clothes pin, sets over theparachute sail on the saddle ridge. The forks are spaced so that the figure will not clamp the folded parachute tightly. @The parachute shrouds 17 are figure. I I In the modified form shown in Fig. 4,

ridges 18 are provided in the sides of the saddle by slots cut therein and the folded parachute sails are laid over them. This provides" for sending uptwo parachutes at the same time by the traveler. V The traveler arranged as shown in Figsfil or 4 is placed on the kite string 19. When the wind has carried it up to the kite or as loosely wound around the 7 xrrn srmes 1932. semi No. 613,079.

far as desired, a side jerk of the string suffices to throw off the figure whichfalls and; drags off the parachute sail. v i

I claim: i 1.-A kite-string saddle formed with'a ridgeand sails, aparachute with "a sail adapted to be folded and laid over thesaddle ridge, and a forked figure connected to the parachute shrouds and adapted to loosely'engage the parachute sail. I

2. A' kite-string traveler consisting of a, saddle formedfrom'a sheet with longitudinal 1 folds reversedwith respect to each other and 1' v transverse folds with a ridge along one of Y the longitudinal folds and with sails, a para 5 I chute witha sailfadapted to be folded and,

laid over the saddle ridge, and a forkedfigure to the parachute i uds and adaPt i i r ed to looselyengage the parachute iL 3. A kite-string travelergconsisting of a 176 saddle formedfrom a sheet with longitudinal f V 1 folds reversed with respect'to each other and c with transverse folds and sails and'with slots r in the sides forming ridges, parachutes with I sails adapted to-be folded and laid over v the saddle ridges, and .forkedfigures connected to the parachute shrouds andadapted: to loosely engage the parachute sails. 1 u if HERBERT DANIELAUE.

traveler" consisting of a 5 j, 

